The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-23
POINTS FOR LADIES.
Numerous Hints on Dress and Fashion for
the MIdsummer Season.

Numerous Hints on Dress and Fashion for
| the Midsummer Season.
Crocheted skirts in pale blue, white,
pink or garnet are pretty for little
girls wear They may be made in
shell design or they may be joined to a
yoke band of MORE silk.
Outdoor dresses and wraps have ex-
ceedingly high collars, lined with
stiffest bucliram, and coming Zip close
under the chin, after the uncomfort-
able fashion of the old military stock.
A novelty in gentlcmen's rings is a
fine nugget, Roman gold, set with
sapphire, hyacinth or garnet intaglio;
another-a seal ring has a concave
top of Roman gold. with crest en-
graved.
The immense, Louis Quatorze collars
of lace are now completed" by ex-
tremely deep cuffs of lace, set on the
tight wristed sleeve in such way that
they can be removed with the sleeve
itself.
The polonaise, which promised to be
leading favorite during the season.
has not attained the position marked
out for it, yeti is largely worn and has
the approval of the leaders of fashion.
Pugs, once the fashion, have now be-
come the sole and certain badge of an
cient maidenhood. No girl who wishes
to be taken rs basking on the sunny
side of forty will be seen within q mile
of pug.
Fashion has decreed positively that
young girls must not wear bonnets,
The restriction Will not be very severe
ly felt, for it needs an expert nowadays
to decide whether any particular shape
is hat or bonnet.
A new silver match box is made in
exact imitation of cigar, faithfully
copied even to the VEINS of the wrap
per and the label wrapped about them.
Another is a miniature foldct! ncwspa-
der in white and black enamel.
Fashionable rustic flower pins consist
of sprays of roses, daisies or other pop
ular flowers, with leaves of chased green
gold and petals of yellow gold in the
same finish, each twined around one or
two smooth polished twigs.
A combined watch chain, pen and
penholder and bottle of ink, is shown.
This device is of French origin. By
pulling on the chain it stiffens out into
penholder fully equipped. The
charm on the end has a small reservoir
of ink.
Two, and even three, studs are now
worn in full dress, and the correct thing
is moonstones, with plain, narrow set
tings. A charming device for studs is
that of a moonstone flower with fine
diamond in the center. A modest and
popular stud. has white enameled
linen finish set with diamonds, rubies,
sapphires or jacinths. Collar buttons
are shown to match the above designs.
The newest styles in scarf pins are
very small and include flies, spiders
and others Of the insect tribes, with
luminous eyes, wings and backs OF
pearls. diamonds or rubies. A dainty
pin is shown of opals in u cluster of
diamonds. A brilliant pin and dos
tined to be very popular is set with
jacinths and diamonds. A most unique
phi, displays Il flower of moonstone set
witt: diamonds.
A novel butterfly ornament now in
use-a jeweled insect, with two curved,
sharp pointed prongs that release their
hold when the wings are closed-seems
almost as volatile and nomadic as the
little insect it represents. Now it is
seen as if alighting upor some part OF
the bodice, next ii is found engaged in
the useful occupation of securing the
lace around the throat or performing
the functions of an ordinary breastpin,
and then we find it calmly perched
upon the head of one of the popular
shell hairpins. grooved to receive the
claw-like prongs T. Herald.